August 28, 2008 -- WORLD MARKETS European shares were driven higher by an oil-powered rally in British stocks and a surprise rise in US durable goods data, which...

August 27, 2008 -- WORLD MARKETS European shares wiped out half of the previous session's losses, as investors cheered robust US consumer confidence and as mobile...

August 22, 2008 -- WORLD MARKETS European shares fell to their lowest close for two-and-a-half weeks, pressured by persistent financial sector worries and a rising...

August 21, 2008 -- WORLD MARKETS Commodity stocks lifted markets, which recovered only a fraction of their previous session's losses. Miners and heavyweight oils...

August 20, 2008 -- WORLD MARKETS European shares dropped 2.5 per cent in a broad equities sell- off, ending at their lowest close in two weeks on renewed credit...